The Final Stretch Feb 27-Mar 5

This is my last week of my super complex school. It's hard enough that I cannot take my notes home but we had a test everyday except Thursday of this week. I've never been so nervous on hoping I understood the material well enough to pass an exam that would be after 3-4 lectures. I barely grasped material that I learned the same day while I was in most of my classes while in college but you learn how to manage lol. On top of keeping my head above water for this school I am trying to complete errands early for my voyage at the end of the next week. It is kinda complicated to try and do things correctly since I am new but I am trying my best so that this transit back to the East coast for a few months is smooth.

You can only stress yourself out so much lol. Since the base that I am taking classes at is close to where I am staying, I go and workout at the gym when I am done with class or a few hours later when I finish doing what I need to do for that day. It is actually nice since it isn't full nor crowded when I go. One lovely evening after my workout it was almost sunset. I kept hearing about this place called Sunset Cliffs and how beautiful it is so I made the drive to witness it myself. It wasn't too far from the base so I was not pushing for time. The scenery was beautiful and it is a very cute site for couples or even if you want to run on the side of a cliff while the sun is setting. I called my parents on FaceTime and took pics and sent it to my friends, nothing wrong with sharing the moment or views.

With the beautiful view I also got to go downtown and watch the Mardi Gras parade and walk around. I don't think I will get the full effect until I actually go to New Orleans and experience it first hand though. As the week was winding down it was also time for me to test out of my school. The final was not brutal and I got my certification! Along with that accomplishment my girls who are also officers in the Navy graduated from their school. I'm proud of them and that means that when I leave for the same school next week I can take Kay and their notes and just tweak mine up while I'm in class😆. I already know my next two months will be filled with some stressful classes but I'll survive. They have mentally prepared me through their complaints and stress via group text and FaceTime lol.

Last Full Weekend on the West Coast

Ahhh yes this will be my last full weekend in California until I come back from my school in May. Its bittersweet but the real issue is I have to pack my life up once again and live out of my suitcase for 2 months. Luckily I called the people of my school and confirmed everything that I needed to bring while I am there. When I wasn't packing I took some time to visit the Cabrillo National Monument. My sponsor told me that it was a really nice place to visit and I had time to go out and see it. It is a nice place and had a lot of history facts behind the area. I really took time to look at their tide pool that rises and falls daily. The tides were low during the time I went but I read that it slowly begins to rise as the day gets later and the areas you could easily walk through would be filled with water by sunset.

Since I will be heading back to the East coast I also did a little shopping. Only thing I really needed was a few pair of comfortable shoes and that was probably the hardest thing I have done. I have small feet but any shoe I really wanted the smallest size they would have would be 3 sizes too big. I think I walked in every shoe store in this one mall and was not too successful on finding shoes. It was not too big of a problem because there are tons of malls that I still can visit next week and I would be able to find a shoe that I like. My weekend overall was pretty mellow since I just wanted to try and prepare for this trip but I am excited to be heading back to the East coast even though I will not be in Florida. Only thing I think I am not looking forward to is the time difference from being 3 hours behind to going 3 hours ahead and possible cold weather that Virginia is experiencing😪.

With all positives this week there were some negatives. I have been trying for weeks to "catch up" all of my post and this was the perfect week to do it but we experienced technical difficulties the caused the cable and internet to go out😓. But luckily there was a Starbucks up the street that offers free wifi. A little wifi won't stop my blog lol. Safe to say I am FINALLY caught up after a month of posting!!! Now I should have weekly updates as I intended instead of these awkward gaps.